EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE (remember just a guide) Lectures 7 & 8 – Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Fear vs. Anxiety What defines something as an anxiety disorder? Commonalities among anxiety disorders Specific Phobia - What is it (including subtypes) -Prevalence, gender, comorbidity, age of onset - Psychological Causes (including evolutionary perspectives) -Biological Causes - Treatment Social Phobia - What is it -Prevalence, gender, comorbidity, age of onset - Psychological Causes (including evolutionary perspectives) -Biological Causes - Treatment Panic Disorder & Agoraphobia - What is a panic attack - What is Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia - Prevalence, gender, comorbidity, age of onset -Biological Causal Factors - Psychological Causal factors -including Anxiety Sensitivity (not covered in class) -Treatment Generalized Anxiety Disorder - What is it -Prevalence, gender, comorbidity, age of onset - Psychological Causes -Biological Causes - Treatment Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - What is it (what are obsessions, what are compulsions) -Prevalence, gender, comorbidity, age of onset - Psychological Causes -Biological Causes - Treatment Hoarding Disorder -What is it -Why was it included as its own disorder? Body Dysmorphic Disorder -What is it? -How is it related to OCD? Lectures 9 & 10 - Mood Disorders What are mood disorders? Types of moods Depressions that do not warrant an official diagnosis - Grief - Postpartum Blues Major Depressive Disorder - What is it -Characteristics of depressive episodes, recurrence - MDE specifiers - know the general characteristics for each - Prevalence, gender, comorbidity, age of onset - Biological Causes - Psychological Causes - Treatments What is Dysthymic Disorder (i.e., Persistent Depressive Disorder) - Double Depression Bipolar Disorders - Be able to differentiate between Bipolar I, Bipolar II, and Cyclothymic Disorder - Prevalence, gender, comorbidity, age of onset - Characteristics of manic episodes (duration, etc) - Differences between MDEs in Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorders -Biological and Psychological Causes -Treatments General Characteristics for those who commit Suicide - who has the highest rates, gender differences, impact of MDD - Interpersonal theory of Suicide - Myths about Suicide Explaining the link between Anxiety and Depression -Statistics regarding anxiety preceding depression, vs. depression preceding anxiety -Helplessness-Hopelessness Theory -Tripartite Theory Lecture 12 and 13 – Eating Disorders What is Anorexia Nervosa - Including: subtypes, prevalence rates, age of onset, course/outcome - Controversial diagnostic symptom in the DSM? What is Bulimia Nervosa - Including: subtypes, prevalence rates, age of onset, course/outcome What are the common features between AN and BN What is the distinguishing feature between AN and BN What is Binge Eating Disorder - Including: prevalence rates. age of onset, course/outcome - What is unique about BED compared to other disorders (hint: look at gender differences) Know who is at a greater risk for EDs and WHY What are the most common comorbid disorders with eating disorders Biological causal factors - Genetics - What is set-point Theory - Neurotransmitters Sociocultural causal factors - What is meant by the thin ideal - How has the thin ideal changed over time - Fiji Study – Influence of media - Family influences on AN and BN Other individual risk factors - negative body image, - perfectionism - internalizing the thin ideal - dieting - negative emotionality - sexual abuse Treatment - Why is treating ED very difficult (hint: How often do the actual patients seek tx?) - What are types of treatment for AN - What are types of treatment for BN - What are types treatment for BED - How effective are medications, and what are they effective for Key things to focus on when outlining these disorders: What are the differences and commonalities between the disorders. For example, do all these disorders have the same prevalence rates and gender ratios? Are the treatments EXACTLY the same or are there slight differences? For some disorders are medications or psychotherapy more preferred? You do not need to focus on memorizing specific DSM criteria, just have a general sense of what the disorder is, and be able to recognize it if I present a case example. However, make sure you know the key criteria that differentiate the disorders (e.g., Bipolar I vs Bipolar II disorder).
